SOUTHEND EDUCATION TRUST
A New Literacy: English & MFL
in the Primary School
Wednesday 9th December 2009
Katie Szeless, CILT Teaching Advisor
Penny Bowman, Asst Head SHSG and SET PMFL Team Co-ordinator
Nicole Valencia, PMFL Co-ordinator SHSG & SET
The context: ‘Entitlement’
“Every child should have the opportunity
throughout Key Stage 2 to study a foreign
language and develop their interest in the
culture of other nations. They should have
access to high quality teaching and learning
opportunities making use of native speakers
and e-learning. By age 11 they should have
the opportunity to reach a recognised level of
competence on the Common European
Framework and for that achievement to be
recognised through a national scheme.”(National
Languages Strategy)
Objectives
• To build on the skills set of the primary
class teacher and highlight common points
between early language pedagogy and the
delivery of primary languages.
• To demonstrate how literacy and MFL coordinators can support each other by
showing what links can be made to
enhance both curriculums and motivate
learners.
So why now?
• Key recommendations in Primary Languages in
past year :
• Dearing’s review of MFL : aim to embed MFL in
primary curriculum.
• Jim Rose’s review of the Primary Curriculum :
Primary Languages to be statutory by 2011, aim
for a new literacy where English,
Communications and MFL are encompassed
under one area of learning and key primary
documents are to be aligned.
Teaching skills & the Literacy
objectives
• Objectives from the KS2 MFL Framework
are often similar to those from the Primary
Framework for Literacy.
KS2 MFL Framework: 5 Strands
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3 core strands of teaching & learning
ORACY (speaking & listening)
LITERACY (reading & writing)
INTERCULTURAL UNDERSTANDING (insight
into the people, culture, & traditions of other
countries)
• 2 cross-cutting strands
• KAL :knowledge about the language
• LLS : language learning strategies.
Primary Framework for Literacy
1. Speaking
2. Listening & responding
3. Group discussion & interaction
4. Drama
5. Word recognition
6. Word structure & spelling
7. Understanding & interpreting texts
8. Engaging with and responding to texts
9. Creating & shaping texts
10.Text structure & organisation
11.Sentences structure & punctuation
12.presentation
MFL Framework or Literacy Framework?
•Look at the face of the person speaking and listen attentively
•Use gestures to show they understand
•Speak clearly & audibly with confidence & control
•Show awareness of the listener
•Speak with clarity & use appropriate intonation
•Recognise the main word classes
•Ask & answer questions, make relevant contributions, offer suggestions & take
turns
•Discuss why they like a performance
•Read fiction and non-fiction texts
•Act out their own and well-known stories
•Use drama techniques to explore stories or issues
•Identify specific sounds, phonemes and words
•Use the context of what they see/read to determine some meaning
MFL Framework or Literacy Framework?
•Look at the face of the person speaking and listen attentively (Yr 3& 4)
•Use gestures to show they understand (Yr 3& 4)
•Speak clearly & audibly with confidence & control
•Show awareness of the listener
•Speak with clarity & use appropriate intonation
•Recognise the main word classes (Yr 4)
•Ask & answer questions, make relevant contributions, offer suggestions & take
turns
•Discuss why they like a performance
•Read fiction and non-fiction texts (Yr 5)
•Act out their own and well-known stories
•Use drama techniques to explore stories or issues
•Identify specific sounds, phonemes and words (Yr 4)
•Use the context of what they see/read to determine some meaning (yr5 & 6)
Pause for thought
• Primary school teachers already have a
great number of skills which can be
transferred to teaching MFL.